Washington: President-elect Donald Trump met in the past week in his office at Trump Tower with three Indian business partners who are building a Trump-branded luxury apartment complex south of Mumbai, raising new questions about how he will separate his business dealings from the work of the government once he is in the White House.
A spokeswoman for Mr Trump described the meeting as a courtesy call by the three Indian real estate executives, who flew from India to congratulate Mr Trump on his election victory. In a picture posted on Twitter, all four men are smiling and giving a thumbs-up.
“It was not a formal meeting of any kind,” Breanna Butler, a spokeswoman for the Trump Organisation, said when asked about the meeting.
The three men — Sagar Chordia, Atul Chordia, and Kalpesh Mehta — have been quoted as saying they have discussed expanding their partnership with the Trump Organisation now that Mr Trump is president-elect. They could not be reached for a comment.
— By arrangement with the New York Times
